Complaint False Arrest Without Warrant In Alameda
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A false arrest is the restraint or detention by one person of another without lawful justification (probable cause or a valid arrest warrant) under an asserted legal authority to enforce the process of the law.
Submit your complaint in person at any Sheriff's duty station within the County. Telephone the Alameda County Sheriff's Office Internal Affairs office at (510) 208-9800.
A conservative estimate is that you can get $1,000 per hour of wrongful incarceration. This figure can go up to many thousands of dollars per hour if aggravating factors apply. For instance, if you had medical complications after your arrest and had to go to the hospital in handcuffs, then your payout could be higher.
Most cases of false arrest involve accusations of shoplifting, and are brought against security guards and retail stores. A guard cannot arrest someone merely on the suspicion that person is going to commit a theft. In most jurisdictions, there must be some proof that a criminal act has actually been committed.
To be successful with a civil lawsuit pertaining to false arrest, you must prove three elements of your case. These are as follows: Law enforcement officials arrested you without a valid warrant, without a warrant at all, or without probable cause. You suffered actual harm as a result.
The four elements of an arrest are the intent to arrest, authority to arrest, subjection to arrest and the understanding by the person arrested that an arrest has occured.
Charles Plummer (1930–2018) was the 21st Sheriff of Alameda County, California from 1987 to 2007.
Yesenia Sanchez. Yesenia Sanchez (born 1977 or 1978) is the 23rd Sheriff of Alameda County. Sanchez is the first woman and first Latina to hold the office.
The Sheriff's Office does not have an online search portal to find warrant records, but patrons may either call 510.667. 3685 or visit the address below to obtain this information. Please note that if the requestor appears at the law enforcement agency and has an active warrant, they may be taken into custody.
